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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2202

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Liquor: means spirits, wine, malt liquor or hard cider, or any substance containing liquor, intended for human consumption, that contains more than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
In any prosecution for violation of the laws relating to manufacture or sale of liquor, a defendant who has failed to comply with the term of any bond entered into by the defendant in that case may not again be admitted to bail in that case or upon arrest on any warrant issued in that case, except by a judge or justice of the court in which that prosecution is pending. [PL 2021, c. 658, §278 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 373, §160 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 658, §278 (AMD).